fpm (fedora package manager). Flows nicely off the keyboard too 😊
I'd agree that dnf is perhaps not the best name in the world, always makes
me think 'did not finish' which isn't good really.
Jon
On 17 Jun 2014 08:07, "Jan Zelený" <jzeleny(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 16. 6. 2014 at 19:49:35, Peter Oliver wrote:
> On 16 June 2014 08:31, Jan Zelený <jzeleny(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> > On 13. 6. 2014 at 10:09:07, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> >> So I propose we keep calling the project DNF and the package dnf, but
> >> start the transition to a generic command name for "the tool that
> >> installs, removes, and updates packages". I propose that this
command
> >> name be called "pkg". We can keep backwards compatibility to
both the
> >> "yum" command name and the "dnf" command name
indefinitely.
> >
> > Sounds like an interesting idea and we will definitely give this some
> > thought.
> If you decide to go this route, it's worth bearing in mind that
> Solaris 11 and FreeBSD 10 both already have tools called "pkg" that
> perform this function. They are incompatible with yum and dnf, but
> have a similar-enough command-line that people searching the web for,
> say, "pkg install" will find information about the wrong one.
Any other suggestions then? Cause `pkg` would be my #1 choice.
Thanks
Jan
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